Wednesday, 27 November 2013

International Students Day at Kabul University: 27 November 2013

As
part of the observance of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based
Violence, which started earlier this week, the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) in Afghanistan today highlighted, at a ceremony with hundreds
of university students in the capital, Kabul, the need to reduce crimes against
women and girls. At the event, also organized to mark the International Day of
Students (17 November) – which was first observed in 1941 in recognition of
student activism – a UNDP official, Fulya Vekiloglu, said the UN agency is
working with the Afghan Ministry of Women’s Affairs to start a Master’s Degree
programme on gender studies at Kabul University. UNDP has previously helped
establish the Gender Studies Institute at the university, the largest tertiary
studies institution in the country. In addition to the observance ceremony,
today’s activities included speeches, music and theatre performances, and a
documentary screening on the theme of gender quality.